Section: News & Summaries

Ukraine`s missile program today boasts a complete production cycle, NSDC Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov has said an interview with Sonia Koshkina, LB.ua reports. ”Today we have started to produce Ukrainian missiles, with all of its components also being manufactured in Ukraine. Not many countries have this full production cycle! Recent tests have...

Sixteen members of the occupation forces in Donbas were killed and 22 were wounded in the past week, according to Ukraine`s Defense Ministry. ”The enemy`s confirmed battle and non-battle casualties last week included 16 killed and 22 wounded occupiers,” Ukrainian Defense Ministry speaker for Anti-Terrorist Operation issues Andriy Lysenko said at...

On November 7-8, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko will pay a working visit to Berlin, where he will attend the awards ceremony of the Association of German Publishers (VDZ) ”Gold Victory”. On November 7, the mayor will take part in ”Publishers` Night” ceremony and present the award to President of the European Parliament Martin Schulz, who has been...

On November 3, Russian Railways, RZD, banned freight transit via Russian territory in the wagons handled by 10 Ukrainian rolling stock operators, according to the NefteRynok professional online digest. The ban is stipulated in a telegram circulated by Russia`s Federal Agency for Railway Transport on November 2, 2016, NefteRynok said. In...

Ukraine pumped into its underground gas storage facilities (USFs) 6.4 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas in January-October 2016, which is 33% less than the same period last year, according to Ukrtransgaz, operator of Ukraine`s gas transport system. As of November 4, the amount of gas in USFs was 14.4 bcm, and its daily withdrawal was 17.6 million...

On a three-day visit to Ukraine, which concluded Saturday, Gen. Ben Hodges, the commander of the U.S. Army Europe, fielded questions from Ukrainian soldiers and reporters about the future of the U.S. presence in that country and elsewhere as Washington is seeking to reassure allies and partners that the U.S. remains committed to the continent,...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with fugitive ex-President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych in secret over the ledgers that mention Donald Trump`s former campaign chief Paul Manafort, according to Newsweek. ”According to information obtained from inside Russia by Western intelligence, Putin later met with Yanukovych in secret near Volgograd,...

Because the United States will be distracted by its elections and their aftermath, Andrey Illarionov says, the next 30 days represent ”the best situation for destabilizing” Ukraine from Moscow`s point of view, according to a Russian political analyst Andrey Illarionov who spoke with 112 Ukraine TV Channel, Euromaidanpress reports. Indeed,...

Minister of Defense of Ukraine Stepan Poltorak has held talks with Minister of Defense of Moldova Anatol Salaru. The heads of defense ministries discussed issues of cooperation between ministries of defense of Ukraine and Moldova and prospects of its development, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has reported. Poltorak stressed Ukraine respected...